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Belated Birthday to Me!

Sun ,16/03/2008

For my birthday this year my terrifically awesome husband got me the best present EVER!!  A surprise party!!!

He did an exceptionally excellent job of keeping it a secret.  There was only one little blip about an item on our credit card (where I asked him what the charge the party location was for) and he covered that with a great little fib that he didn’t know, but he would find out.  He even got the manager of the location to write him a note saying she was checking into the charge!

He set it up at a bar on the Riverwalk called Pat O’Brien’s where we have gone a few times.  He even had a good cover to get me to go in – He said he had to just slip in for a minute to sign something for the manager so we could get credit on our credit card back.  Very slick of him letting it slip that we had been misbilled.  We showed up (a little late) and there were all my friends and co-workers to surprise me!!

taken with crazy I-phone

It was a great night!  We had a wonderful dinner in a private room upstairs (crawfish etouffee and a vegetable pasta + the most amazing cheesecake with Huricane sauce!)  Did I mention that Pat O’Brien’s has the best Huricane drinks?  They are superb.  The room had a private balcony that overlooked the live bank area, so we were able to sit outside for a while after dinner and enjoy the night. 

girlfriends

After Pat O’Brien’s we went to Polyester’s night club and danced to the 80’s and 90’s music.  Every song they played I knew, so we had a blast.

Thank you my sweet, sweet honey!  You did Gooooood!

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My Office

Wed ,12/03/2008

Well, it is tax season, so I am spending lots and lots of time in my office at work.  When I first started this job, the room seemed a little close for me (the last building I worked in had eleven foot ceilings, so the offices seemed hugh!)  I think the main problem is that the office is painted a darkish purple.  Now, I love the color purple, my engagement ring even has a dark amethyst stone, but it does make a room very dark.  So I decided I needed to get some artwork that was 1) BIG and 2) lighter in color. 

Here is what I got:

  the white dot in the middle is the flash from my phone

(and for my mom – it was such a bargain!!! originally $112, but it was on sale for 75% off , and I had to wait around for someone to help me get it down for about a 1/2 hour, so the clerk gave me an additional discount – bought it for $15)

The picture above shows the picture sitting on the floor because I got such a glare from where it usually is.  You can see the dark purple there at the right.  I also took the picture below so you can see what a great job it does of projecting light into my office.  It actually reflects the ceiling lights so the room feels much bigger now! 

 

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 ps – never, never paint a room dark purple. 

Thanks mom, for painting my room light purple when I was a child.  I didn’t appreciate it then, but I do now!

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